{"id":10283,"date":"2024-03-08T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/nairobi-has-highest-teenage-pregnancies-with-452-cases-reported-khrc\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T10:03:10","slug":"nairobi-has-highest-teenage-pregnancies-with-452-cases-reported-khrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/nairobi-has-highest-teenage-pregnancies-with-452-cases-reported-khrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi has highest teenage pregnancies with 452 cases reported \u2013 KHRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 8 \u2013 The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) <\/strong> <strong>has revealed that Nairobi has recorded the highest number of teenage pregnancies.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the human rights body stated that the county has recorded 452 pregnancies of teenagers between 15 and 19 years.<\/p>\n<p>Nairobi was closely followed by Kakamega County which had\u00a0328 cases Bungoma County with (294) Nakuru County (283),Kiambu County (267),Kilifi County (224),Meru County (206), Kisii County (192),Machakos County (178),Narok County (176).<\/p>\n<p>KHRC attributed\u00a0 the stem high cases\u00a0 to lack of \u00a0comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and education among teenage girls, which they state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth is a function shared between the counties and the national government, and as such, both share the blame for this crisis,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to NSDCC, 696 adolescent girls got \u00a0impregnated daily in 2023.It has urged the Ministry of Health, together with the County governments to \u00a0develop guidelines and policies for healthcare provision, including sexual and reproductive health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA recent report by the National Syndemic Disease Control Council (NSDCC) sounded the alarm, revealing a shocking statistic of 696 adolescent girls impregnated daily in 2023,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n<p>Further The commission has urged parents to pick up the responsibility to promote the well-being and welfare of their children as they are mandated in the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, parents have a responsibility, under the Children\u2019s Act and the constitution of Kenya, to promote the well-being and welfare of their children,\u201d they stated<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 8 \u2013 The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has revealed that Nairobi has recorded the highest number of teenage pregnancies. In a statement, the human rights body stated that the county has recorded 452 pregnancies of teenagers between 15 and 19 years. Nairobi was closely followed by Kakamega County which had\u00a0328 cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}